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BUTTON. No. 343,597. Patented June 15, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

FRANK I. MYERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,597, dated June 15,1886 7 Application fiIcdAprilS, 1886. Serial No. 199,231. (No modeLl ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK I. MYERS. of the 'city of New York, county andState ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Button, of'which thefollowing specification is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a buttonthe head of which may be reversed, soas to present either face to the front.

The invention consists in the elements of improvement hereinafter morefully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top View of the cap; Fig. 2,a vertical central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view of thehead; Fig. 4, a vertical central section of the same. Fig. 5 is asimilar section of the button, the parts being put together. Fig. 6 is asimilar section showing the head reversed. Fig. 7 is a bottom View ofthe head.

The letter a represents a cap made of sheet metal or other material, andhaving the form of a shallow flat cup, the rim 1) of which is inwardlyinclined, and is cut into two or more parts, Figs. 1 and 2, by uprightincisions, so that it may be spread.

' At the center of the cap a there is a downward projection, 0, throughwhich extend the thread or cable holes.

The cap a is permanently attached to the garment,and is adapted toreceive the head d. This head is made of suitable shape and material andof a size to fit within the cap. It is provided with a grooved edge, e,as shown, and its upper face is covered with a metal plate, f, which isbent around the edge of the head, as shown. The lower face of the headis left uncovered.

Inuse the head is forced into the cap a by slightly springing the rim ofthe latter ontward. If the metallic covering-plate fis to be on top, thehead is inserted with the platef up, as shown in Fig. 5. If theuncovered face of the head is to be exposed, it is reversed and insertedas showuin Fig. 6. It will be seen that the inwardly bent flange or rimb, bearing against the grooved edge e, retains the head in place.

I claim as my invention The combination of cap (1, having threadholesand expansible rim 1), with a reversible head adapted to fit into thecap. and provided with plate f, that covers one of its faces,substantially as specified.

F. I. MYERS.

Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, R. H. ROY.

